PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Giba Negrao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phil Resin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Phil Resin has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Giba Negrao's chin.

Negrao
vs
Resin

198 cm
26
204 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

203 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Giba Negrao!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Phil Resin!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Matti Vanhoillinen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Resin misses with a takedown attempt

and Negrao counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Negrao.

Resin is working an open guard so Negrao takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

Negrao looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Negrao postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Negrao throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Resin is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Negrao is aware though and is defending well.
Negrao is in close to Resin's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Negrao postures up.

Negrao stands up from Resin's guard - Negrao perhaps looking for a knockout.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Resin tries for a takedown but Negrao circles away easily

and Negrao counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Resin's guard now.
Negrao has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Negrao gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Resin throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.

Negrao shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Negrao showed some decent athleticism there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Resin keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Resin trying to control from the bottom.
Negrao takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Negrao winds up and cracks Resin with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Ground and pound from Negrao.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Negrao lands a nice short elbow.
Resin tries to get to full guard but Negrao has control of the leg.
Negrao is controlling the pace.
Resin has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Negrao is working away from the top position though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Resin is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Negrao scores with a couple of nice shots.
Negrao trying to control the action but Resin is working from the bottom.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Resin wants to control but Negrao is keeping busy.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Negrao in particular looking to stall.
Resin wants to sweep but Negrao has passed to side control!
Resin regains half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Negrao scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Resin keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Resin is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Negrao scores with a couple of nice shots.

Negrao decides to stand and escape the position.

Negrao bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Negrao working the body and head with strikes.
Check out the look on Negrao's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

Negrao decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Resin has his takedown stuffed

and Negrao counters with a takedown into side control.
Giba Negrao has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Phil Resin.
Resin looks gassed!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Resin is looking for a sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Resin is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Negrao landing a few strikes.
Negrao scoring with punches from side control.
Negrao passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Resin!
Resin is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Negrao in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Negrao pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Resin really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Resin taking shots to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Negrao punishing his opponent with strikes.
Resin taking shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Giba Negrao dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Negrao feints and as Resin raises his hands in defense, Negrao changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Resin keeping moving, preventing Negrao from controlling successfully.
Resin can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Negrao controls the pace.
Negrao landing with the ground and pound.

Resin is rocked!

Negrao stands up from Resin's guard - Negrao perhaps looking for a knockout.

Negrao shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Resin's guard.
Resin is still in real trouble! Can Negrao finish him?

Negrao drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Negrao jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Resin seems to have recovered his senses.
Negrao is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Resin can do to turn this around?

Resin throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Resin is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Negrao works over Resin with some ground and pound from guard.
Resin avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Resin has momentary wrist control but Negrao slips an elbow through the middle.
Negrao trying to control the position from guard on top but Resin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Resin is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Negrao is controlling him.
Giba Negrao overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Resin has momentary wrist control but Negrao slips an elbow through the middle.
Negrao content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Negrao throws a big right hand that misses.
Negrao lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Resin is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Negrao postures up and lands a big shot to Resin's brow.
Negrao postures up in Resin's guard and throws a big left but Resin blocks it.
Resin looking to control.
Negrao lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Negrao loads up on a big left hand. Resin felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Negrao looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Resin can't hide his disappointment, as Negrao celebrates the victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Giba Negrao!
Giba Negrao is the new light heavyweight champion!